BallenIsles Country Club is a middle-class gated community in Palm Beach Gardens in Florida. It’s boasts of three private golf courses as well as a country club which includes tennis courts. It’s certainly a desirable place to live, somewhere that crime is exceptionally rare and residents can sleep soundly knowing that they are protected by large gates and a security guard. One night in 2018, however, the idyl was shattered when deafening screams began to echo up and down the neighbourhood.
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Audio Sources:
“Police Release 911 Call from Fatal Stabbing”
“Video: Police interviews from fatal stabbing”
“Corey Johnson apologizes to families of victims”
“Witnesses testify in Corey Johnson murder trial in Palm Beach County”
Sources:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 14 March, 2018 – “Florida Boy Stabbed to Death Had Invited Suspected Killer for Pizza the Night Before”
The Palm Beach Post, 14 March, 2018 – “Angel Dies but Hero Emerges Protecting Mom”
The Palm Beach Post, 14 March, 2018 – “Teen Says He Killed Over Religion”
The Palm Beach Post, 14 March, 2018 – “Feds were Preparing to Charge 17-Year-Old”
The Palm Beach Post, 15 March, 2018 – “Attacker Had Neo-Nazi Affiliations”
CNHI Network, 17 March, 2018 – “Investigation into Corey Johnson Stabbing Case”
The Palm Beach Post, 17 March, 2018 – “Hundreds in Gardens Mourn Slain Teenager”
The Palm Beach Post, 17 March, 2018 – “Family of Attacker Knew Pain for Years”
The Palm Beach Post, 18 March, 2018 – “BallenIsles Attack Triggers Debate”
Sun Sentinel, 23 March, 2018 – “Grand Jury Indicts Teen”
The Palm Beach Post, 5 May, 2018 – “Death Penalty Off Table in Fatal Stabbing”
The Palm Beach Post, 30 September, 2018 – “Teen Actions in BallenIsles Stabbings Detailed”
CBS – 7 WHIO, 17 February, 2020 – “Estate of Slain Teen Sues Public for Selling Knife to Alleged Killer”
The Palm Beach Post, 22 October, 2021 – “Murder Trial Begins for Suspect”
The Palm Beach Post, 27 October, 2021 – “Corey Johnson ‘Almost Happy’ During Attacks”
The Palm Beach Post, 28 October, 2021 – “Corey Johnson’s Longtime Best Friend Tells Jury of Fatal Stabbing Attacks”
The Palm Beach Post, 29 October, 2021 – “Texts With Girlfriend Show Corey Johnson’s Drift Toward Violence”
The Palm Beach Post, 1 November, 2021 – “He Was Very Unhappy”
The Palm Beach Post, 3 November, 2021 – “Hunger for Purity Drove Corey Johnson to Radical Islam”
Associated Press, 5 November, 2021 – “Man Convicted of Fatal Stabbing at Sleepover”
The Palm Beach Post, 5 November, 2021 – “Was Corey Johnson Sane?”
The Daily Beast, 13 January, 2022 – “Former Teen ISIS Fan Gets Life for Killing his Friend”
The Palm Beach Post, 13 January, 2022 – “Judge Sentences Corey Johnson to Life in Prison”
